The Aurora University Spartan baseball team returned north to Wisconsin to battle the Raiders of Milwaukee School of Engineering. The Spartans were victorious in the NACC sweep, winning 6-3 and 9-1.


Game One Score: #14 Aurora University 6, Milwaukee School of Engineering 3
Game Two Score: #14 Aurora University 9, Milwaukee School of Engineering 1
Record: Aurora University (20-2 overall and 10-0 NACC)
Location: Glendale, Wisconsin


GAME ONE
- AU fell behind 2-0 on a two-run home run for MSOE in the first.
- In the second, Brenden Naylor doubled to score Josh Reinhardt to cut the deficit to 2-1.
- As starter Jack Fisher got settled in and started setting down the Raiders quietly, the AU bats turned up the heat in the sixth.
- Three singles, a walk and two MSOE errors led to four AU runs.
- Brenden Naylor drove in his second and third runs of the game with a single in the sixth.
- MSOE scored once in the bottom of the inning with two doubles.
- In the ninth, Sean Rivera manufactured an insurance run, walking, stealing second, moving to third on a wild pitch and scoring on a single from Dominick Curcio.
- Fisher set down the Raiders in order in the ninth for the 6-3 AU win.


GAME ONE
HITTING
HITS: Brenden Naylor (2)
DOUBLE: Brenden Naylor (1)
RUNS: Josh Reinhardt (2)
RUNS BATTED IN: Brenden Naylor (3)

PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings): Jack Fisher (9.0)
DECISIONS: Jack Fisher (win 4-1)
STRIKEOUTS: Jack Fisher (11)


GAME TWO
- The Spartans once again took advantage of MSOE defensive blunders scoring three times in the second, aided by a pair of errors and three singles.
- The three runs were all Justin Zimmerman would need to improve his record to 6-0 on the season.
- He tossed 7-2/3 innings allowing just one run for the victory.
- In the fourth, Brenden Naylor would double and eventually score following a couple walks for a 4-0 AU lead.
- AU added another run in the fifth with a lead-off ground rule double by Justin Sartori. He would later score on a sac fly from Jett Wedekind.
- Dominick Curcio plated a pair of runs for AU in the sixth with a two-run home run and a 7-0 AU lead.
- AU narrowly missed bringing the run rule into play in the eighth with one out singles from Spencer Ruch and Sean Rivera. The two would score on a single from Curcio and AU led 9-0.
- MSOE broke up the shutout effort for Zimmerman in the bottom of the eighth, scoring once and Sam Harvey came on in relief.
- Harvey set down the four hitters he faced in the eighth and ninth to close the door on the Raiders and a 9-1 AU win.


GAME TWO
HITTING
HITS: Dominick Curcio (3), Sean Rivera and Brenden Naylor (2)
HOME RUN: Dominick Curcio (1)
DOUBLE: Justin Sartori and Brenden Naylor (1)
RUNS: Sean Rivera (3) and Brenden Naylor (2)
RUNS BATTED IN: Dominick Curcio (5)

PITCHING:
APPEARANCES (innings): Justin Zimmerman (7.2) and Sam Harvey (1.1)
DECISIONS: Justin Zimmerman (win 6-0)
STRIKEOUTS: Justin Zimmerman (9)